From the continuously expanding Middle East conflict, Hurricane Milton in the US, floods in France, the EU-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit to Mount Merapi as it continues to spew hot lava, dpa international presents its Pictures of the Week.
People gather to celebrate outside the national center of forensic medicine, where the body of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar arrived. Al-Sinwar was killed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Stip, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday evening, confirming earlier reports. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa
A view of the destruction after Israeli attacks targeting the tents of displaced civilians at courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah. At least three Palestinians were killed and 40 injured in an Israeli strike on tents housing displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip early Monday, according to local media. Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Palestinians flee Jabalia refugee camp, the Sheikh Radwan and Abu Iskandar neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip, to safer areas in the south amid the intensifying Israeli airstrikes. Mahmoud Issa/Quds Net News via ZUMA Press/dpa
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant visits an observation post overseeing southern Lebanon. Ariel Hermoni/GPO/dpa
Displaced Palestinians race to receive food aid, as Emirati humanitarian aid packages land from planes by parachute in Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip. Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa
A demonstrator is taken away as families and supporters of the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, block the main road in Tel Aviv on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa
Members of the Syrian Civil Defense carry out a rescue operation for a child under the rubble as a result of a Russian air strike targeting the outskirts of Idlib city. Anas Alkharboutli/dpa
Palestinian children receive Polio Vacine drops as part of the second polio vaccination campaign in Deir El-Balah, central Gaza Strip. During the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. The second campaign aims to fully vaccinate more than 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip. Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa
A photograph, taken during an embed with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and reviewed by the IDF censorship office prior to publication shows an Israeli soldier walking by a tunnel entrance near an observation post of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), in the southern Lebanese village of Naqoura along the border with Israel. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa
Iranian Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (C), gestures as he is surrounded by journalists during his visit to inspect destruction at the site of Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut. Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
A general view of destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh. Timothy Wolfer/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Greta Thunberg, wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh, reacts during a Fridays for Future’s Climate Strike march. Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via ZUMA Press/dpa
The Italian navy ship Libra, carrying the first migrants whose asylum applications will be processed in Albania instead of Italy, arrives at the port of Shengjin. An Italian navy ship docked in Albania on Wednesday morning, carrying the first group of migrants whose asylum requests are to be processed at new reception centres outside the European Union. Armando Babani/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
An aerial View of the burning coastal tanker “Annika” in the Baltic Sea. The 73-metre-long oil and chemical tanker “Annika” is on fire in the Baltic Sea off the coast of north-eastern Germany, the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service said on Friday. Hannes P Albert/dpa
US President Joe Biden (L) is welcomed by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in front of Bellevue Palace. It is Biden’s first bilateral visit to Germany in his almost four years in office. Michael Kappeler/dpa
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier waves as the helicopter carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky takes off from the garden of the Bellevue Palace. Ukrainian President Zelensky is on a one-day visit to Germany. Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa-Pool/dpa
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (R) meets Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Iranian Foreign Ministry/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian shake hands during a meeting. Alexander Shcherbak/TASS via Russian President press office/dpa
EU and Gulf countries leaders pose for the family photo of the EU-Gulf Cooperation Council summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. Gaetan Claessens/EU Council/dpa
Flooded cars seen in a commercial area after heavy rainfall in the region. Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP/dpa
Julian Lugo, 7, crosses the flooded street in front of his house near Lake Maggiore in St. Petersburg, Florida, after Hurricane Milton hit south of Tampa Bay. Dirk Shadd/TNS via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Residents ride in a boat in a neighborhood inundated by flooding of the Alafia River caused by Hurricane Milton on Friday. Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
An aerial view shows fog drifting over the Elbe Valley in the morning, surrounding the partially collapsed Carola Bridge and extending toward the old town. Robert Michael/dpa
Mount Merapi spews reddish hot lava. BPPTKG Yogyakarta reported 71 avalanches with a maximum sliding distance of 1,800 meters to the southwest. Antonius Jagad Sr/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Bulgaria’s Hristiyan Petrov (L) and Northern Ireland’s Conor Bradley battle for the ball during the UEFA Nations League Group C3 soccer match between Northern Ireland and Bulgaria at Windsor Park. Liam Mcburney/PA Wire/dpa
Montenegro’s Vladimir Jovovic (R) fouls Wales’ Harry Wilson during the UEFA Nations League Group B4 soccer match Wales and Montenegro at Cardiff City Stadium. Nick Potts/PA Wire/dpa
Argentina’s Lionel Messi (L) and Bolivia’s Luis Paz battle for the ball during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying soccer match between Argentina and Bolivia at Estadio Mas Monumental. Roberto Tuero/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Brazil’s Raphinha celebrates scoring during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying soccer match between Brazil and Peru at Arena BRB Mane Garrincha. Ronaldo Barreto/TheNEWS2 via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo (C) attempts a shot on goal during the UEFA Nations League Group A1 soccer match between Scotland and Portugal at Hampden Park. Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/dpa
Visitors stand by a window overlooking the Pyramids of Giza, at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza. A partial soft opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum will start on Wednesday, October 16, with a trial operation for the museum’s main hall and a gradual operation of some other sections in preparation for the grand official opening. Gehad Hamdy/dpa
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) appears in the western sky shortly after sunset above rock formations at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on October 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The comet also known as Comet A3, is about 44 million miles from Earth and likely originated from the Oort Cloud. It last passed Earth 80,000 years ago. David Becker/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
A particularly large full moon, also known as a supermoon, can be seen on the top of the Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate. Soeren Stache/dpa
A honey bee gathers pollen and nectar on an orange Mexican sunflower. Bruce Chambers/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
